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Tulishi language

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Tulishi
Kuntulishi
Native toSudan
RegionSouth Kordofan
EthnicityTulishi
Native speakers
2,500 (2007)[1]
Dialects
  • Logoke
  • Turuj
  • Tulishi
  • Kamdang
  • Minjimmina
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3tey
Glottologtuli1249
ELPTulishi
Tulishi is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Tulishi (Kuntulishi, Thulishi, Tulesh) is a Kadu language spoken in South Kordofan. Dialects are Tulishi proper and Kamdang.

Dialects and locations

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Ethnologue (22nd edition) lists dialects as:

  • Tulishi, Kamda (Kamdang)
  • Dar El Kabira (Logoke, Minjimmina, Truj, Turuj)

The Dar el Kabira and Kamdang dialects are reportedly similar.

Villages are Aabiisa, Aliyooro Manadaha, Jebels Tulishi, Kamdang, Kirakaati, Laati, Lawwa, Nattilongke, Ntukungnge, and Thudhi in South Kordofan state.

References

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  1. ^ Tulishi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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